In July 2024, only 17,361 people worked as fishers in Alaska, the lowest annual peak on record since January 2021. In July ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. When salmon all but vanished from western Alaska in 2021, thousands of people ...

Alaska’s current subsistence fishing program can continue without changes, according to a Wednesday opinion by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling allows the ...

Being part of a commercial fishing crew takes training. Mending nets, navigating and line handling are part of the job, among other skills. Soon, a class in Gig Harbor will teach them. Longtime ...

Commercial fishing jobs in Alaska are down for the fifth year in a row. That’s according to new economic data from the state ...